If PM Manmohan Singh’s efforts to perk up India’s slowing growth are not quite paying off, the case of a 1,900 MW power plant cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) on Wednesday —12 years after it received all approvals — may provide a part of the answer.
The foundation stone of NTPC’s proposed plant at Chatra in Jharkhand was laid by then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999. But a relentless turf war all but put paid to Rs 250 crore invested by NTPC since 2000.
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chatra-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-thermal-power-corporation-ntpc
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-coal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal-india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
